This is a two-year-old video clip of a maid (nanny?) physically abusing a young girl. I first saw a truncated version in Facebook and I had to do my own search to find the source. It is authentic, it happened in Kuala Lumpur, the children’s parents were the ones who installed the camera and that was how the abuse was discovered. The maid (nanny?) is Indonesian and she has since been charged and convicted.
Parents have their own reasons for leaving their children in the care of domestic helpers. Most of the time, it’s because both parents have to work and earn. It’s a scenario I was never comfortable with so I chose to quit working. I know it’s not a choice available to all mothers and I consider myself, and my daughters, lucky. I know a mother of two whose young children got caught in a slapping match between the nannies — nannies were carrying the toddlers, engaged in a slapping match and the kids got hit. The problem is that parents don’t see what’s going on 24/7 and unless they install a hidden camera in every part of the house, they never will.
I can’t imagine how the parents must have felt watching their angels suffer in the hands of this devil. I wish they gave her more than just 24 months.
You are indeed lucky to be a full-time wife and mom. Most importantly, your daughters are lucky for having their mom take care of them first hand. That’s what I’ve always wanted for my children but when we moved to the US, it became impossible for me. I regret that I wasn’t always there for my kids when they were growing up. I think they spent more time with their babysitters than with me. And if I can only go back in time, that’s the major thing I would change.
This is horrifying! I don’t think I’d hire a nanny when I have my own child someday. My brothers always had nannies growing up but it’s a bit different in the province in Pinas where relatives live close by and they all come at all hours. Perhaps in the cities where parents have to be away from home for most of the day, it’s a lot more complicated. Leaving the kid with the nanny is just too risky, at least for me.
Sayang! I can’t watch the video anymore. It has been removed daw. Anyway, based on the links, the nanny was only given 24 months in prison. Why 24 months only?! If I was the parent, I will demand for longer imprisonment! Anak ko ng ahindi ko sinasaktan, siya pa! Binabayaran ko sya to take care of my child not to hurt her. At ang mga yaya at maids ngayon, ang dami ng demand ha! NAranasan din namin na nagsumbong ang anak ko sa amin pagdating namin from work. Si baby daw nahulog from stroler. Give up na ang asawa ko sa helpers and yayas. Amo na ang makikisama sa kanila, ichichismis ka pa sa kapitbahay! Kami na lang ang nag-aalaga sa mga bata ngayon. At first, day shift siya sa work, then night shift ako. Ngayon, pareho na kaming home-based jobs.
Ms. Connie, when we in the office watched that video, we were all one in saying na “kakatayin namin ang yaya na ganyan.” And my fears about leaving my girls with the yayas have been resurrected.
Your children are indeed so lucky that you are there for them and that staying home is an option available to you.
the parents must have suspected something and wanted evidence. good for them. and i hope the child gets over the trauma… nagsikip dibdib ko when i saw the video.. i googled ms connie’s title and able to watch the video somwhere else…kaya nga even here abroad, hirap iwanan ang bata sa childcare, you’ll never know baka sexual abuse p abutin ng anak mo…
Three years ago while on vacation in the Phils.,we were invited to dine in a fancy restaurant in Greenbelt,Makati.
My enjoyment was short-lived when I witnessed a white uniformed nanny spanking a probably 3 yr.old toddler.
This happened in the restos’ bathroom.I can’t believe what I
was seeing and hearing.”Tumigil ka nang umiyak,tigil na” the
yaya keep on shouting while spanking the poor girl even if
I was watching.I ran out in disgust by her horrible behavior
and told my husband that I will inform the parents or report
the incident to the police.He said “Mind your own business”.
I would never allow my grandchild to be taken cared of
by anyone except by family members. Can you blame me?
The daughter of a cousin told her (made sumbong) that her Yaya would tie her up when they’d gone, so that the Yaya could do her chores without interruption. Of course, the Yaya was fired pronto.
My own daughter, one time, told her Mom that her nanny poured hot coffee on her. I was not in the country that time, and when her Mom confronted the nanny, she was told it was an “accident.”
Even then, I told her to fire this woman.
this has happened to me once before, too. fired the yaya. filed a police blotter on her both where i live and where she came from. fortunately these days, we have so much technology we can use to keep an eye out through remote. easier though not really ideal.
Thanks for the info con, I reacted rather badly to the facebook one, so excuse the profanity. Heh.
Like I’m not prone to profanity, ano? LOL
Too bad the video’s been deleted.
marami ring case ng abuse ng mga amo sa mga domestic helpers. especially indonesian domestic helpers. karamihan kasi sa kanila, mga menor de edad na “binenenta” ng mga parents sa mga recruiter. galing sa probinsya, kadalasan ngayon lang nakakita ng bahay na may kuryente. yung iba, no read no write.
yung iba, hindi makapag cope dahil sa sobrang lungkot. marami sa kanila ang tumatalon na lang sa mga high rise condo.
i’ve blogged about this in singapore nung 2004 (http://kwentongtambay.com/?p=571)
mas ok nang mang abuso ng dh kaysa abusuhin ng dh ang bata.
thank GOD at hindi sa pinas. I just saw it sa facebook and sabi ko grabe ang abuse sa bata kinikilabutan ako with a very fragile bones and i bet may effect sa utak ng bata ang insidenteng ito. kaming magasawa 5 years na dito sa amerika but hindi namin iniwan kahit kanino ang anak namin i work days he does nights nag switch a roo na lang kami sa hospital. i only wish na madami pang video cam sa mga bahay…